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US08407446B2 Simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard drive
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同时在单个硬盘驱动器上支持不同的块大小
- Patent Title: Simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard drive
- Patent Title (中): 同时在单个硬盘驱动器上支持不同的块大小
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Application No.: US12964992Application Date: 2010-12-10
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Publication No.: US08407446B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Thomas R. Forrer, Jr. , Jason E. Moore , Abel E. Zuzuarregui
- Applicant: Thomas R. Forrer, Jr. , Jason E. Moore , Abel E. Zuzuarregui
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Libby Z. Toub
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00
Abstract:
A method and system where a hardware platform such as a disk drive is formatted to the largest block length it is desired to read from or write to. Using commands, data can be accessed from the drive in any block length that is equal to or less than the formatted block length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110082973A1 SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORTING DIFFERENT BLOCK SIZES ON A SINGLE HARD DRIVE Public/Granted day:2011-04-07
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